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Foursquare wants to be the Uber of food and booze

It’s not often we hear any major new features coming to Foursquare lately, but the service just announced something pretty huge. It has partnered with Delivery.com to allow users to order food, groceries and even liquor right from the app to get sent straight to their homes. All you have to do is open up […]

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‘Motor noises’ complaint at Apple’s auto campus fuels speculation

Apple is supposedly revving up the engines on its electric car project, and it’s waking up the neighbors in the process. At least one resident who lives near Apple’s top-secret automotive campus in Sunnyvale, California, has filed a complaint with the city for what the person describes as really loud “motor noises” coming from the […]

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Hardcore Henry gives first-person view of movie fighting action

A guy wakes up with no memory of who he is — or who the beautiful scientist outfitting him with a cyborg body is. She tells him his name is Henry and that she’s his wife. Then the bad guys break in and steal her. Sounds like a video game, right? It’s actually the trippy […]

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Tiny ActionCam is perfect for cheap thrillseekers

I waited for a GoPro-type video camera that won’t the break the bank, and happily discovered Vivitar’s DVR 786HD ActionCam fits the bill. It’s tiny, capable and totally scratches my itch for an easy-to-use video camera to wean me off using up my iPhone’s battery to capture longer videos. I found one of these ActionCams […]

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This iPhone date bug will permanently brick your device

There are many ways iPhone users can unintentionally brick their devices, but YouTuber Zach Straley may have just discovered the quickest way to turn your beautiful iPhone into a worthless slab of metal, glass, and silicone. Simply set your iPhone’s date to January 1, 1970 and your device will become nothing better than a paperweight. […]

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Samsung? This is Apple. You’re FIRED!

So long, Samsung! According to a new report, TSMC will be the only manufacturer of A10 chips for the iPhone 7. According to Korean newspaper The Electronic Times, the Taiwanese semiconductor foundry will make every single one of Apple’s next generation chips. Supposedly, they won the contract over Samsung by being the first to scale […]

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Tidal hosts a Kanye hypefest and Apple Music isn’t invited

Kanye West takes to streaming service Tidal tomorrow to unveil the latest Yeezy hype: a third line of clothing (Yeezy, Season 3) and a new album, so far titled T.L.O.P. He’ll put on a show at Madison Square Garden, and even if you’re not a Tidal subscriber, you can check out the new threads and […]

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Siri might suffocate the southern drawl

Misunderstandings and repeated requests are among the hurdles that everyone who uses Siri — or any digital assistant, for that matter — have to deal with to run things with their voice, but some groups have it even harder than others. If I want to make the smartbulb in my bedroom lamp turn white, for […]

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Keep a no profile with online privacy device

You played poker online a few times and didn’t tell anybody. You didn’t have to. The bank you hope will give you a mortgage just purchased your online profile from a data broker and now wonders whether your history of gambling makes you a risky borrower. Tech entrepreneur Christian Bennefeld is betting people are beginning […]

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How to save Snapchats without your friends knowing

Snapchat–love it or hate it, chances are you’re using it to playfully stay in touch with your friends and family via real-time photo updates of your best duck face selfies. One of the ubiquitous app’s features is that your images disappear within a set amount of time, letting you be creative, silly, or racy as […]

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